IRON MAN MOVIE ROUNDUP

Paramount Pictures has announced that it will stage early screenings of the Iron Man movie, beginning Thursday, May 1 at 8 p.m.

Advanced tickets for the film -- which was originally scheduled to open on Friday, May 2 -- are now available through various outlets.

In other Iron Man news:

* Paramount has released a five-minute video from Thursday's premiere event in London. Click on the thumbnail to the right to see the video.

* The Iron Monger suit in the film stands 10 feet tall and weight approximately 800 pounds.

"I love how the Iron Monger suit echoed the Mark I suit," director Jon Favreau. said. "It felt like a machine and a living character at the same time. To see it built in real life was very helpful. I felt the scale of the thing as I stood before it. It was a
very successful design and served as a terrific jumping-off point for the
animators at ILM."

BOOM! STUDIOS FIRST LOOKS

For covers and three- to four-page previews of Boom! Studios titles arriving in stores in June, CLICK HERE.

Titles include Station #1 and High Rollers #1.

JULY SOLICITATIONS ROUNDUP

For previously posted July solicitations, click on the publishers' names below:

BRIEFLY

* To the right is a first look at the new psoter for The Dark Knight. Click on the thumbnail for a larger image.

* According to The Hollywood Reporter, Mekhi Phifer's Facilitator Films is attached to produce Hunter's Moon, a live-action version of James L. White's graphic novel from Boom! Studios. Phifer will be featured in the lead role.

White is in final negotiations to adapt Moon as his first feature screenplay since Ray.

* TBS will air Blade: Trinity at 2:15 a.m. on Tuesday, April 30.

COMICS CONTINUUM BACK ISSUES

In case you missed The Continuum's coverage over the past month, here are some links. Click on the date to get the day's full report.

* Saturday, April 19: From New York Comic Con: The Spirit, The Dark Knight, The Incredible Hulk, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Wanted and Make Mine Marvel panel; Image Comics First Looks, Smallville and Dabel Productions for July.